War, what is it good for?
Rule to remember-War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman
The items below should be related to the major and minor conflicts of the 20th century impacted American and the world. Examples should include the causes of wars, how are they fought, when should they end, how can be peace be made successfully?
1900
1910
1920
1930
Spanish-American War-
A “splendid little war” between the United States and Spain that started on April 25th and ended on August 12th, 1898. The conflict was started when the United States became involved in the conflict between the Spanish and the inhabitants of Cuba. When the USS Maine went to Cuba to project American and exploded in the harbor the United States blamed the Spanish and declared war. The war was relatively short and one-sided since the United States was a rising world power and the Spanish were losing their long-held empire. When the conflict concluded the United States won Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Filipinos that expected independence after the defeat of the Spanish were disappointed by the U.S. occupation and fought a violent rebellion which was brutally suppressed.


Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill"
Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill"

Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill"
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Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill"

The USS Maine after its' destruction
The USS Maine after its' destruction

The USS Maine after its' destruction

The USS Maine after its' destruction

Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire
Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire

Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire

Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire

1900
1910

World War I
1914-1918
Triple entente: Russia, France, United



Kingdom, Italy, US and the central powers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire
France-Raymond Poincare, US- Woodrow Wilson, Russian-Nicholas II, United Kingdom- George V
Battle of the Somme, Battle of Charleroi,
Treaty of Versailles
France and England gained territories that belonged to Germany, Germany lost land and force to pay damages (reparations) against allies

1920
1930
1940

World War II
September 1, 1939- September 2, 1945
China Germany
United States
F.D.R
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Charles De Gaulle
Josef Stalin
Mussolini



Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Guadalcanal
Terms of surrender
War crimes trials
Tokyo War crime trials
Nuremberg
The Cold war


COLD WAR





Years


1953-1992




Participants


Soviet Union, U.S.A




Leaders


Harry S. Truman Joseph Stalin




Key Battles


Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Air Lift




Peace Treaty


Regan/Gorbachev diplomatic relations




Long Term Result


The USSR collapses, US is superpower






Cold War
1945-1991
Soviets America
Truman and Stalin
Korean War. Vietnam. Berlin Blockade.
Salt 1 Salt 2 INF treaty
The Soviet Union collapsed and the satellite countries became independent. The United States became the sole super-power (temporarily?).



Korean War
June 25, 1950 – July 27,1953
U.S. supported by the UN
Vs.

Peoples Republic of Korea and China supported by the Soviet Union
Trueman, MacArthur
Khrushchev and Chairman Mao

Operation Killer
Operation Ripper
Pusan
Inchon
No peace treaty only a cease fire agreement
Established the 38th parallel division of the Koreas.

1950
1960

Vietnam War
French 1950-1954 the U.S. 1963-1969
South Vietnam
United states
Philippines
Thailand
Dwight Eisenhower
Ho Chi Minh
John F Kennedy
Robert Mcnamara
Siege of khe sanh
Tet offensive
Fall of Saigon
Paris Peace Accords
North Vietnam victory, huge number of fatalities, opposition to the war contributed to counterculture youth movement of the 1960.

1970
1980
1990

Gulf War I
2 August- 28 February officially ended Nov. 30 1995
Iraq and coalition forces, UK,US
George H. W. Bush(us), Norman Schwarzkopf field commander of the United Nations allies, Khalid sultan of Kuwait and Colin Powell Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Desert storm, Operation Desert Shield, Battle of Medina Ridge
The U.S. commenced the desert storm on January 15,16,17,18 1991 (called which eventually leads to Iraq being expelled from Kuwait.
Iraq was removed from Kuwait(Jan-February of 1991. The United Nations establish an Iraqi no fly zone were established, ostensibly to help protect the Shi'ite and Kurdish regions of the country from Saddam’s Forces.

2000

Global War on Terror
10/7/2001-present
America Us Iraq
George W Bush and Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda
September 11th 2001 Terrorists attack, invasion of Afghanistan(operation enduring freedom.) and invasion of Iraq
Conflict on going on

1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000